The Toronto Maple Leafs played in front of Randy Carlyle for the first time tonight, playing an excellent game defensively and finally breaking down Carey Price in the third period after heavily out-chancing Montreal after they took the 1-0 goal. Mikhail Grabovski came into his own in the second half of the game with three taken chances and scored twice.

The re-tooled second line actually looked excellent. Matt Frattin scored the other Leafs' goal, and Montreal's only response was the Max Pacioretty line. Click past the jump for totals:

Scoring Chances for NHL Game Number 20966

Team

Period

Time

Note

TOR

Opponent

MTL

1

16:01

8

19

24

42

50

81

26

27

31

71

76

81

5v5

MTL

1

12:44

MTL G 1-0 Cole

2

16

36

39

50

84

17

31

51

67

72

74

5v5

MTL

1

11:24

2

19

42

50

51

81

14

26

31

53

57

76

5v5

TOR

1

8:36

2

16

39

50

51

84

27

31

68

71

74

81

5v5

TOR

1

7:52

3

19

42

50

51

81

26

31

51

67

72

76

5v5

TOR

1

4:32

3

19

36

42

50

81

26

31

51

67

72

76

5v5

TOR

1

0:58

3

8

19

42

50

81

14

26

31

53

57

76

5v5

TOR

2

19:22

16

36

39

50

51

84

17

22

27

31

71

81

5v5

MTL

2

18:53

3

19

42

50

51

81

26

31

51

67

72

76

5v5

TOR

2

13:30

TOR G 1-1 Frattin

8

16

24

39

50

84

17

22

27

31

71

81

5v5

TOR

2

11:20

3

19

36

42

50

81

31

51

67

68

72

74

5v5

TOR

2

7:42

2

19

42

50

51

81

26

27

31

71

76

81

5v5

MTL

2

4:30

2

12

42

50

51

81

26

31

51

67

72

76

5v5

TOR

3

18:04

2

3

12

20

41

50

31

51

67

68

72

74

5v5

TOR

3

16:34

8

15

24

46

50

81

14

31

53

57

68

74

5v5

TOR

3

16:09

3

12

20

36

41

50

14

31

53

57

68

74

5v5

TOR

3

11:00

3

19

24

42

50

81

14

26

31

53

76

5v4

MTL

3

9:29

2

12

20

41

50

51

17

22

31

51

67

72

5v5

TOR

3

8:15

TOR G 2-1 Grabovski

3

16

36

39

50

84

27

31

68

71

74

81

5v5

TOR

3

0:52

TOR G 3-1 Grabovski

3

16

36

39

50

84

14

26

31

53

76

5v4

#

Player

EV

PP

SH

2

L. SCHENN

16:17

3

4

0:00

0

0

0:00

0

0

3

D. PHANEUF

21:33

7

1

3:06

2

0

1:46

0

0

8

M. KOMISAREK

16:35

3

1

0:00

0

0

0:00

0

0

12

T. CONNOLLY

12:35

2

2

0:58

0

0

0:34

0

0

15

M. LOMBARDI

7:44

1

0

0:00

0

0

0:00

0

0

16

C. MACARTHUR

18:21

4

1

1:31

1

0

0:00

0

0

18

M. BROWN

4:25

0

0

0:00

0

0

0:00

0

0

19

J. LUPUL

17:41

5

3

2:25

1

0

0:00

0

0

20

D. STECKEL

13:32

2

1

0:10

0

0

1:26

0

0

24

J. LILES

15:28

2

1

2:26

1

0

0:00

0

0

36

C. GUNNARSSON

19:35

5

1

1:16

1

0

2:00

0

0

39

M. FRATTIN

17:40

4

1

0:43

1

0

0:00

0

0

41

N. KULEMIN

13:59

2

1

0:10

0

0

0:34

0

0

42

T. BOZAK

15:00

5

4

2:09

1

0

0:00

0

0

46

J. CRABB

6:44

1

0

0:00

0

0

1:26

0

0

50

J. GUSTAVSSON

53:54

12

6

4:06

2

0

2:00

0

0

51

J. GARDINER

18:26

4

4

1:24

0

0

0:14

0

0

81

P. KESSEL

16:14

6

4

2:25

1

0

0:00

0

0

84

M. GRABOVSKI

17:41

4

1

1:47

1

0

0:00

0

0

#

Player

EV

PP

SH

14

T. PLEKANEC

14:56

1

3

0:32

0

0

2:22

0

2

15

P. NOKELAINEN

4:32

0

0

0:00

0

0

0:00

0

0

17

C. CAMPOLI

17:41

2

2

0:32

0

0

0:00

0

0

22

T. KABERLE

18:47

1

2

1:28

0

0

0:00

0

0

25

B. STAUBITZ

4:49

0

0

0:00

0

0

0:00

0

0

26

J. GORGES

17:01

4

4

0:00

0

0

3:26

0

2

27

R. BOURQUE

13:16

1

5

0:32

0

0

1:29

0

0

31

C. PRICE

53:29

6

12

2:00

0

0

4:06

0

2

51

D. DESHARNAIS

19:31

4

4

1:28

0

0

0:10

0

0

53

R. WHITE

15:05

1

3

0:00

0

0

2:27

0

2

57

B. GEOFFRION

15:10

1

3

0:00

0

0

0:00

0

0

63

A. ENGQVIST

4:56

0

0

0:00

0

0

0:00

0

0

67

M. PACIORETTY

21:26

4

4

1:28

0

0

0:10

0

0

68

Y. WEBER

16:14

0

6

0:15

0

0

0:30

0

0

71

L. LEBLANC

12:45

1

5

0:00

0

0

0:00

0

0

72

E. COLE

21:27

4

4

1:28

0

0

0:00

0

0

74

A. EMELIN

18:07

1

6

0:00

0

0

0:40

0

0

76

P. SUBBAN

19:58

4

4

1:45

0

0

3:36

0

2

81

L. ELLER

14:14

1

5

0:32

0

0

1:34

0

0

Period

Totals

EV

PP

5v3 PP

SH

5v3 SH

1

4

3

4

3

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

2

4

2

4

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

3

6

1

4

1

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

4

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Totals

14

6

12

6

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

I also tallied up individual chances taken and created, as well. A scoring chance is defined as a clear shot from a dangerous area on the ice (usually measured between the faceoff dots up to the top of the circle, pictured above) and are tracked using a terrific app from Vic Ferrari found here: http://timeonice.com/xsc30.php

Similar to assists in basketball, we've also developed "chances created" which is a clear pass attempt with the goal of setting up a scoring chance. The reason to do this is to reduce the luck element found in the traditional assist counter, where sometimes all a player does is touch the puck at a certain point:

TORONTO

Chances Taken

Chances Created

Total

Mikhail Grabovski

4

0

4

Matt Frattin

2

2

4

Tyler Bozak

1

2

3

Phil Kessel

2

1

3

Joffrey Lupul

1

1

2

Dion Phaneuf

1

0

1

David Steckel

1

0

1

Nik Kulemin

1

0

1

J-M Liles

1

0

1

Clarke MacArthur

0

1

1

MONTREAL

Chances Taken

Chances Created

Total

Max Pacioretty

3

0

3

David Desharnais

0

2

2

Tomas Plekanec

1

0

1

Lars Eller

1

0

1

Erik Cole

1

0

1

The three stars in the building were given to Mikhail Grabovski, Erik Cole and Carey Price. I have no idea what Erik Cole did out there that was so special, but a few players on both teams played much better games. Pacioretty for the Habs was their best player, and Price wasn't all that solid, stopping just 10 of 13 scoring chance attempts that hit the net.

Cam Charron is a BC hockey fan that writes about hockey on many different websites including this one.